
AVOCADO FUERTE 
Sub- Tropical Fruits 
AVOCADOS 
APRICOT ROYAL 
Avocados priced $5.50 up. 
Fuerte. Popular winter avocado. Pear-shaped fruits with very 
delicious flesh. Heavy bearing and frost resistant. October-May. 
Nabal. Round shaped fruits with smooth leathery skins and small 
seeds. Best for frost-free areas. June to September. 
Ryan. The summer Fuerte ripening from May to October, thus 
extending the Fuerte season. A thrifty spreading tree bearing con- 
sistently year after year. Fruit like the Fuerte in quality. 
CHERIMOYA 
Cherimoya, Custard Apple. For those who like small trees and sub- 
tropical fruits of unusual quality the Cherimoya is hard to beat. 
Fruits heart-shaped, green in color with many plate-like ‘’scales‘’ 
enclosing a custard-like flesh which is most unusual in flavor and 
difficult to describe. Eat chilled. 
GUAVAS 
For Guavas see under Ornamental Evergreen Flowering Shrubs, 
page 7. 
SAPOTE 
White Sapote. Strong growing evergreen trees not unlike the Avo- 
cado in appearance. Fruits similar to green apples in shape but 
possessing a rich flavor to the custard-like flesh. Particularly good 
when chilled . 

WHITE SAPOTE FRUITS 
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NECTARINE GOWER 
DECIDUOUS FRUIT TREES 
In these times, with high prices of fruits and vegetables, as well 
as other commodities, many are turning to home gardening as a 
means of cutting the cost of living. And rightly so, for the quality 
of home grown fruit is much superior to that from the market. 
These few back yard trees add such a glorious touch to the spring 
garden with their handsome blossoms and later with their colorful 
fruits. 
Trees are priced bare root at $1.35 and up. 
Slightly higher in containers. 
ALMONDS 
For frost-free areas with hot summer temperatures. Almonds pro- 
duce one of California’s important crops. They need different 
varieties to give pollen to the better varieties for better crops. 
Ne Plus Ultra. Popular kind with large soft shelled nuts. Pollenates 
Nonpareil. 
Nonpareil. Is the leading commercial variety. Popular for its paper 
thin shells. 
APPLES 
Few apples do well in California where the climate is too mild to 
provide the necessary winter rest period. However, a few give good: 
crops, others just fair. We offer only varieties selected for this 
area. 
CRABAPPLE 
Transcendent. Good size, August ripening. Yellow fruits blushed 
red. The best variety for California. 
APRICOTS 
Few fruits give as satisfactory returns to the home gardener as:do 
the apricots. Small trees bearing enormous crops in early summer. 
Blenheim. Large, well formed attractive fruits. Delicious. One of 
leading California varieties. June. 
Moorpark. Large round deeply colored fruits. Best for eating. Fine 
along the coast. Shy bearer. July. 
Neweastle. Early variety bearing in May and early June. Medium 
size fruits of good flavor, are fine for eating. Prolific. 
Royal. Sweet deep orange flesh. Excellent variety for home use. 
Tilton. Richly colored heart-shaped fruits. One of the latest to 
ripen. Best in dry hot valleys. 
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